Japan has suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami in its northeast coast. Meanwhile, nations in the western pacific from Indonesia to the Philippines are bracing for the possibility of tsunamies of their own. (source: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14904492,00.html)

Japan has suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami in its northeast coast. Meanwhile, nations in the western pacific from Indonesia to the Philippines are bracing for the possibility of tsunamies of their own. (source: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14904492,00.html)

In the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is actively involved in emergency mapping efforts in the frame of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters.